Does this describe your company? If so STARR is here to help you recover your money.

STARR bridges the communications gap between your finance and the operating teams. Your finance group communicates in numbers, while operations are described in words. Tax auditors speak both languages and the wrong words can cost you a fortune in numbers. STARR’s team of senior level executives has global experience in multinational business and expertise in all disciplines and we have learned to speak the auditor’s language.

We can save your company thousands to millions of dollars and our State Sales Tax Recovery services are performed on a contingency basis. Contact STARR today and let us help you find more cash in your business today. 214-442-6560 ext 204

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Your company is required by law to review your business process to determine if you have complied with Nexus and State Income tax requirements in every state you have a presence. Many companies have had financial recovery audits that they merely skim the surface and leave money on the table.

As companies change strategies, direction and processes; someone needs to look back to make sure you’ve kept pace with current technology and practices. STARR digs deeper into your processes and determines if you are using the proper descriptions that are needed to defend your unique business process.

Tax auditors rely on the fact that companies pay little attention to details in the language used to describe a process, or that their SIC/NAIS codes indicate they are a taxable entity when they should have manufacturing exemptions. Financial managers do not have time or the staff to address these arcane laws and rulings. STARR as your trusted advisor can do this for you and save you thousands of dollars each year.

If you wonder whether you might be overpaying taxes or are entitled to manufacturing exemptions, call STARR and let us help you define your process in terms that your state auditors will accept in order to obtain the exemptions to which you are entitled. Call today at 214-442-6560 ext 204 for a no cost evaluation.

Whether you are seeking help with Sales Tax Audit Support, Compliance issues, Employment Credits or are looking for extra cash in your business, STARR is ready to help.

Your business process is unique. It is different from every one of your competitors. STARR is unique because we recognize that understanding what makes your business process special is first and foremost in controlling exposure and minimizing costs in Audit Defense and satisfying Compliance issues. We also recognize there are ways to offset these exposures through Cash recovery of Sales and Use or Severance taxes or obtaining hiring credits or training credits for your employees.

The business process is different in every business and it is a complex issue that cannot be comprehensively addressed by a financial audit alone. The strategic approach requires analyses from a team with business experience and a senior level management perspective covering a number of disciplines. Tax language is ambiguous at best and to obtain the greatest return on investment requires skill in negotiation as well as knowledge of the process.

Tax laws tend to lag technology by 5 to 10 years. Technology exemptions cannot be described by an accounting audit. Here again experience in a wide array of disciplines and industries is required to effectively address these complexities.

Our assembled team of experts with international experience in a variety of industries with a variety of Fortune 200 companies is what sets us apart in the business of sales tax recovery and support. That is the reason we have followed others and found more cash.

STARR is committed to making sure you pay only the taxes you owe. The scope of our evaluation process includes:

• Sales and Use Tax recoveries
• Severance Tax refunds
• Inventory tax credits
• Research and Engineering Credits
• Investment Tax Credits
• Historic Structure Credits
• Special Zone Credits
• Employment incentives and credits
• Training and education credits
• Motor fuels credits
• Audit Support
• Compliance issue resolution
• Other credits and refunds as laws change and create more incentives

You don’t know what you don’t know. But when it comes to State Sales Taxes STARR makes it our business to find out. That is the only way we can be sure you will select STARR for your complex State Tax issues.

STARR creates value for our clients by:

• Generating cash through state and local tax incentives and credits
• Reducing ongoing costs by eliminating taxes to accelerate growth and enhance competitiveness
• Making acquisitions and sales of businesses more attractive
• Keeping pace with technological developments
• Conducting extensive research on court cases and letter rulings and making industry comparisons
• Understanding the State’s Audit function and tax terminology to provide Audit Support
• Understanding Compliance issues on a national basis

Due to the complexity of State Tax Laws, court cases and letter rulings we find that our exhaustive research and commitment to detail has yielded a number of very pleasant surprises for our clients. Our clients are consistently amazed at our ability to find significant cash refunds and ongoing cost reductions, limiting exposure, eliminating penalties, and resolving complex compliance issues far below their cost expectations.

Our ability to bridge the communications gap between accounting and operations has enabled us to successfully negotiate new applications of old tax laws. When statutes that affect you are vague or the interpretation is inconsistent, we push for clarification on your behalf.

Here are some examples:

• A telecommunications company received $4 million in sales and use tax refunds after STARR recommended making a wording change in their process descriptions. We followed a Bog Four firm and a competitor who together found a total of $40,000. This was a venture backed startup.
• We recovered $1.5 million for a semiconductor manufacturer by proving with a special letter ruling on granting manufacturing exemptions between U.S. and Asian operations.
• An Oil & Gas producer was referred by a large financial organization because they owed a state nearly a million dollars. After reducing the exposure to $25,000 we identified $2.7 million in overpayments. After they declare bankruptcy we successfully recovered $2.4 million.
• A Power Transmission company was facing an audit retroactive 25 years due to failure to register with their state. Exposure exceeded $1 million. STARR interceded and they received a refund of $15,000.
• A Power Equipment Manufacturer was acquired by another company. STARR was called in to examine employment credits several months later. We recovered $500,000, but had we been contacted prior to restructuring the savings would have exceeded $1 million.

Whether you are seeking help with Sales Tax Audit Support, Compliance issues, Employment Credits or are looking for extra cash in your business, STARR is ready to help.

Your business process is unique. It is different from every one of your competitors. STARR is unique because we recognize that understanding what makes your business process special is first and foremost in controlling exposure and minimizing costs in Audit Defense and satisfying Compliance issues. We also recognize there are ways to offset these exposures through Cash recovery of Sales and Use or Severance taxes or obtaining hiring credits or training credits for your employees.

The business process is different in every business and it is a complex issue that cannot be comprehensively addressed by a financial audit alone. The strategic approach requires analyses from a team with business experience and a senior level management perspective covering a number of disciplines. Tax language is ambiguous at best and to obtain the greatest return on investment requires skill in negotiation as well as knowledge of the process.

Tax laws tend to lag technology by 5 to 10 years. Technology exemptions cannot be described by an accounting audit. Here again experience in a wide array of disciplines and industries is required to effectively address these complexities.

Our assembled team of experts with international experience in a variety of industries with a variety of Fortune 200 companies is what sets us apart in the business of sales tax recovery and support. That is the reason we have followed others and found more cash.

STARR is committed to making sure you pay only the taxes you owe. The scope of our evaluation process includes:

• Sales and Use Tax recoveries
• Severance Tax refunds
• Inventory tax credits
• Research and Engineering Credits
• Investment Tax Credits
• Historic Structure Credits
• Special Zone Credits
• Employment incentives and credits
• Training and education credits
• Motor fuels credits
• Audit Support
• Compliance issue resolution
• Other credits and refunds as laws change and create more incentives

Are you certain you are getting the support you need to:

• Qualify for and receive all available state sales tax manufacturing exemptions?
• Quantify, defend and minimize your exposure to a State Sales Tax audit?
• Comply with state Nexus and State income tax issues?
• Obtain all of the available hiring and training credits?

If you are not absolutely sure that you are receiving the proper support, or even if you would like a second opinion, STARR’s team is here to help you.

Did you know that:

• Tax laws in every state are different and constantly changing
• Tax rules and regulations are written by people who have never had to meet payroll
• States are targeting and pursuing YOU because they are hurting for cash – YOUR cash
• Your business is unique and this must be documented and proven to State Tax auditors

STARR’s unique Business Process Technique was developed to help us understand your specific business process. We then compare tax laws, letter rulings, court cases and your process to other businesses outside of your industry to help your company obtain all of the exemptions, credits, cash refunds and cost reductions to which you are entitled.

Our comprehensive reporting system not only defends your particular business case with state auditors, it becomes part of your knowledge base for the future.